Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>New drug shows promise in clearing HIV from brain<br><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240725193914.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2024</span><span class="invisible">/07/240725193914.htm</span></a></p><p>* experimental drug orig. developed to treat cancer may help clear HIV f. infected cells in brain<br>* drug may clear virus f. hidden areas that have been a major challenge in HIV treatment</p><p> CSF1R inhibition depletes brain macrophages and reduces brain virus burden in SIV-infected macaques <br><a href="https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awae153/7714669" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/brain/advance</span><span class="invisible">-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awae153/7714669</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemotherapy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIDS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImmuneSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmuneSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSF1R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSF1R</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BLZ945" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLZ945</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PerivascularMacrophage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerivascularMacrophage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macrophages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrophages</span></a></p>